B.C. Ferries is eliminating its fuel surcharge just in time for holiday travel.

The ferry corporation announced in a press release Monday that it will remove its 1.5-per cent fuel surcharge as of Tuesday, Dec. 17.

鈥淭he recent decrease in the price of fuel allows us to eliminate the fuel surcharges, which is great news for travellers,鈥� said Alana Gallagher, B.C. Ferries鈥� vice-president and CFO, in the release. 鈥淲e understand that affordability is important to our customers and every bit helps.鈥�

B.C. Ferries notes in the release that it 鈥渃losely monitors the price of fuel鈥� and applies a rebate, surcharge or neither when collecting ferry fares. Ferries says it has been using the system for 15 years to 鈥渕anage the volatility in the price of fuel鈥� and says it doesn鈥檛 benefit financially from surcharges.

The 1.5-per cent fuel surcharge and amounted to 25 cents per person and 85 cents per vehicle on major routes and 15 cents per person and 45 cents per vehicle on smaller routes.

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